The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has restored power to the Kumasi City Market, also known as the New Kejetia Market, following a two-day disconnection over a GH¢7 million debt.
This comes after a payment was made for part of the debt, and a payment plan for the remaining amount was presented to the ECG.
The operations manager of the Kejetia Market has appealed to traders to collaborate with management on the payment plan to avoid future disconnections.
Meanwhile, Nana Akwasi Prempeh, president of the Federation of Kumasi Traders, called for the termination of the contract with the individual responsible for installing meters, citing incompetence.
This marks the second time this year that the market has presented a payment plan to ECG after being cut off from the national grid due to unpaid arrears.
In April, the market experienced a similar outage, which was resolved after the management committed to clearing the debt.
According to ECG, despite assurances from the market’s management to settle arrears, payments were not made as promised.
However, the market’s management, led by Managing Director Edmond Kofi Duffuor, claimed they made efforts to reduce the debt, but ECG remained unsatisfied.
“From a total of 9.7 million Ghana cedis as of June, we have paid about 1.7 million Ghana cedis…So why should we be in darkness, when we have shown commitment? I’m not paying any other service provider any money. No other person is receiving money from Kejetia Market apart from ECG,” he said.